Hobeison



A. H. LONGLEY, Jr. ADDRESSING-MACHINE.

Patented May 29,1877.

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ATTORNEYS N- PETERS, FHOTO-LITHOGRAPRER. WASHINGTON. D C.

ARNER noncnni j -RAO'LA, FANS, ASISIGNOR T0 MORRISON MUN. R QA DMA H MARSHALL MORRISON, F KANSAS CITY, MO.

"Speeificationformin part o To all whomi ag concem a a i Be it knownfth'atI,A NE -HEXE /LONG- a, f ;LEY,Jr., ofi Paola,}fin ltheg-icounty iiofl Miami, all dlllll xthe state of Kansas-,mave invented certainnew-and useful Improvements. in Mail'- ing-AddressersfoiNewspapers, Circulars, and

a other mailablelniatter; and do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. making a part of this specification; f

' The nature of myinvention consists in the construction andarran'gement of an addressing-machine, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will. now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexeddrawing, in"which- Figure 1 is aside elevation, and Fig. 2 a front elevation, of 'my improved addressingmachine. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the pasting device and paste-reservoir.-

A represents the bed-piece, upon which are secured two vertical standards, B B, connect- .ed at the. top iby a cross-bar, B. The front and rear edgesof the standardsB are formed with vertical grooves a, and in the same are placed two forked arms, 0 O, which are connected at their upper ends by a cross-bar, 0, these arms and cross-bar forming a frame movable vertically up and down, while the standards B and cross-bar B form, with the bed-piece A, the stationary frame of the machine.

v The frame 0 C is held upward by meansof a spring, or, placed around a vertical rod,

b, which is fast in the bar B, and extends upward through a hole in the bar 0. On the front side of the machine one of the arms 0 is,

at its lower end, by a pivoted bar, 01, connected with a bar, D, of the same dimensions as the bed-piece A, and pivoted thereto at one end. When the frame 0 O is pressed downward the bar D is turned to lie close to and in front against the bed-piece A. The upper edge of the bed-piece A and the adjoining lower edge of the bar D are made sharp, to

i' sPiatent No. 191,449, dated May 29, 1877; application filed April 2s,1s71.

" constitute shears for cutting off the strip to be pasted, and at the same time the bar D presses down the printed and pasted strip on the paper to be addressed. The bar D is held close againstthe f ont Surface of the bed-piece A by means of a spi ing e.

The roll of paper on which the addresses are printed is placed on a shaft or roller, E, having its hearings in the standards B B, and the end of the roll is passed down through a guide-plate, G, on the front of the aste-fountain H. This fountain is fastened by setscrews f between arms I I, projecting rearward from the standards B B. At the lower edge of the fountain is the mouth or dischargeopening 0', which opening is brought close up to the horizontal pasting-roller J.

The opening 13 may be contracted or enlarged by means of a slide or gate, h, on the front of the fountain, operated by means of a screw-rod, K, and to this sliding gate the guide-plate G is fastened, so as to move up and down with the same. The paper passes through the guide H, over the pasting-roller J, and under a series of disks, m m, attached on a horizontal shaft, n, for feeding the paper forward. The amount of paste is regulated by means of the gate h, which allows the employment of paste of any consistency.

The bearings of the shaft n are operated upon by springs p, which allow the disks m to yield to any thickness of paper. As the paper passes over the pasting-roller J it moves over a series of points or teeth, 8, and under a rod, t, to the shears above described, where the strip is cut off and pressed down upon the paper to be addressed.

The paper is fed by the following means: To the top of one of the side arms 0 is attached an arm, L, having at its lower end a pin, '22, extending inward into a slot, as, in the upper end of a plate, 0, which is held to the standard B by means of set-screws w w, passing through another -slot, 1 in said plate. At the lower end of this plate is pivoted a pawl, P, which is held by a spring, 2, to engage with a ratchet-wheel, R, on the projecting end of the shaft n. This shaft is then, by gear-wheels S S, connected with the journal of the paste-roller J.

When 'the frame 0 C descends, and just before it completes its downward stroke, the pin '0 moves the plate 0 downward for the pawl P to slide over the ratchet-wheel R, and at thereturn movemen t, just before such movement is completed, the pin 12 lifts the plate 0, whereby the pawl P rotates the ratchet-wheel R a certain distance. This, of course, revolves the disks m and roller J sufficient to advance the paper one address, which is then ready to be cut off at the next downward movement.

The frame 0 C is operated by means of a treadle attached to it in any suitable manner.

Having thus fully described my invention, what'I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an addressing-machine, the combination of the fountain H, having mouth or openoperating seting i, slide h, guide G, an

for the pur tially as and for-the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim 'the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 3d day of April, 1877.

ABNER HIXEN LONGLEY, JR.

Witnesses:

JoEr. J AOKSON, WM. HoUeK. 

